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No. 606,371. Patented June 28,1898.

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GAGE DEVICE PoR BRUSH MACHINES.

No. 606,371. Patented June 28,1898- "Il Q.

O w vw/ @wil/@TH 7 sig f nrrcna 1 MCOLINTOOK YOUNG, OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO TI-liE PALMETTO FIBRE COMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

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Application filed June 1 5. 1897. Serial No. 640,888. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, iNIoCLIN'rooK YOUNG., of Frederick, county of Frederick, and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gage Devices for Brush- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a gage de vice for use in connection with brush-machines for determining the position of the holes to be bored in the bruslrblock and for insnrin g the driving of the tufts in said" holes with certainty and precision.V

The device is applicable to brush-machin es in which the brush-block is supported on a shelf or table beneath the boring or tufting mechanisms, and in certain machines of this I description the brnsh-block is acted upon by a boring-tool, by which holes are made to receive the tufts and is then moved beneath the tufting mechanism in the same machine, by which tufts are driven and secured in the previously-bored holes. In carrying out these operations it is important that the tufts be inserted in the holes with certainty and precision, and to insure this result is the chief aim of my invention,which consists,prim arily, in combining with the table or support of the machine a portable brush-block holder, said parts being provided, respectively,with means for securing the holder rigidly in different predetermined positions. These means I em# body in the form of a series of sockets in the holder adapted to receive a projection on the supporting-table of the boring mechanism and also a projection on thesupportingtable of the tufting mechanism, the relative location, arrangement,` and form of the projections and sockets being such that the position of the block with relation to the borer, when a particular hole is seated over the projection beneath the borer, will be the same as its position in relation to the tufter when the same hole is seated over the projection beneath the tufter, and the holder will be prevented from any lateral movement in the plane of the table, but will be permitted to be disengaged from the table in a direction at right angles to the same to change its position from the borer to the tufter. These sockets and projections may be varied in form and arrangement to accomplish thisresnlt. For instance,

Vthe sockets may be square or of angular form to receive a proj ectiou of corresponding form, or the holder may be formed with two socle ets of circular form to receive two projections or pins on the table, which arrangement would permit of the removal of the holder in a direction at right angles to the table,A but would'preventthe movement of the holder in the direction of the plane of the table,

In the accompanying drawings I have repn resented my improved gage device in connection with a boring and a tufting mechanism in one machine; but it VWillbe understood that the device may be employed in connection with independent mechanisms for this purpose, provided the projections on the supporting-tables for the two mechanisms occupy such positions in relation to said mechanisms as will insure the same relative positions between the block and the respective mechanisms When the former is chan ged. from onerto the other.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of the supportingtable of a brush-machine and my improved gage device. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the brush- ,holdeix Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same. Figze is a bottom plan view of the brush-holder in a different form. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the supporti11g-table,hav ingl projections to enter sockets of the form represented in Fig. il. Fig. G is a vertical section through a snpporting-table in an inclined position and the brush-block holder. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section through a brush, showing the position of the holes and tufts formed by the useof the inclined support-ingtable. Fig. 8 is a transverse section through the same on the linen. a.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 1 represents aV vtable or support which in brush-machines of the nature referred to is fixed to the frame of table.

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plate may be employed, but I prefer to adopt that shown as being simple and effective.

The plate 4 is formed with sockets, consisting, preferably, of a series of holes 9, arranged in4 two rows, forming radiating pairs situated at intervals around the plate, corresponding to the desired position of the tufts in the' brush. These pairs of holes or sockets are adapted to receive projections in the form of two pins arranged side by side beneath the boring-tool and also two pins beneath the tufting-tool, the relation of these two projections to the respective tools being such as to insure the same relative positions of the block to said tools when either pair of the projections extends in the same holes. In boring the holes 4in the brush-block the plate after being seated on the table, with the two pins entering a pair of holes, is, after a hole in the brush-block is formed, removed at right angles from the table and again seated thereon, with the pins entering the next pair of holes, and a second hole is thus bored in the brushblock. This operation is continued until the desired number of holes is formed in the brush-block. When this operation has been aocomplished,the holder,with the brush-block therein, is transferred to the tufting mechanism, and the plate being seated,with the pins entering` successively the pairs of holes, the tufts will be inserted in the block in their proper positions with precision.

Instead of forming the sockets in the holder by means of two holes to receive two pins on the table the sockets may be of rectangular form, as shown in Fig. 4L, to receive a correspondingly-formed lug vor projection on the suppoitingtable, and in both instances the result aimed at will be secured-that is, the prevention of any lateral or side motion of the holder after it has been seated in position lto have the brush-block bored or to receive a tuft.

Vhen the table is in a horizontal position,

as shown in Fig. l, the holes bored and the' porting-table instead of being arranged in a horizontal position is inclined or set obliquely, as shown in Fig. G, and the spreading or divergence of the tufts will vary according to the degree of the inclination of the table.

The use of my improved gage device in connection with an inclined table for the purpose of setting the tufts, as described, is of peculiar advantage in that each hole will be bored and its tuft set at the proper position and inclination in relation to the plane of the brush, either lateral, as shown in Fig.

8, or longitudinal, as shown in Fig. 7, according to the position of the tuft with relation to the sides or ends of the brush-block.

While I have shown and described the supporting-table as provided with a projection to enter sockets in the holder and while in practice this has been found to answer satisfactorily the ends in view,.it will be understood that the invention is not limited to this arrangement, for the. same result could be accomplished by forming the sockets in the table to receive a projection on the holder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is I. In a brush-machine the combination of a table or support and a portable brush-block holder provided respectively with means for securing the holder rigidly in different predetermined positions, substantially as described.

2. In a brush-machine the combination of a table or support and a portable brush-block holder provided with interlocking means substantially as described to retain the holder rigidly in different predetermined positions.

3. The combination with boring and tufting mechanisms, of a work-supporting table therefor, two pairs of pins projecting upwardly from said table and adjacent respectively to said mechanisms, a brushblock holder adapted to rest flatly on the table and provided with two rows of holes forming pairs of sockets side by side, and each pair adapted to receive either of the pairs of pins.

1l. In a brush-machine the combination of an inclined table or support and a portable brush -block holder provided respectively with means for securing the holder rigidly in different predetermined positions.

5. The combination with an inclined supporting-table provided with two pins, of a brush-block holder formed with a series of pairs of holes arranged side by side and adapted to receive respectively the two pins.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 9th day of June, l897,in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

MCCLINTOCK YOUNG.

Witnesses:

W. R. KENNEDY, F. S. ELMoRE.

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